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Lleyton Mendieta hits a backhand return in a men's tennis doubles match against Wesleyan
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Men's tennis puts doubles team in final match at regional championship

Mendieta '28 and Konezny '30 moved on to the quarterfinals of the singles draw

Lleyton Mendieta '28
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – One Hamilton College doubles team advanced to the main draw final and two Continentals moved on to the quarterfinals of the singles draw at the 2026 Intercollegiate Tennis Association Division III Men's Northeast Regional Championship hosted by Skidmore College on Saturday, Sept. 26.
 
Alexei Katelevsky '29 and Filip Moller '29, who are one of the pairings seeded fifth to eighth, won two more matches on Saturday and are in the doubles draw final. That match is scheduled for Sunday, Sept. 27 at 11 a.m.
 
Katelevsky and Moller defeated Vassar College's Henry Zhang and Junchen Jia in the quarterfinals by a score of 8-5. They went on to cruise past Saint Francis University's (Pa.) Noah Potts and Kevin Titus Suresh in the semifinals in straight sets, 6-2 and 6-3. Potts and Suresh were also one of the fifth to eighth seeds.
 
Two other Hamilton pairings reached the quarterfinals. Charlie Sternberg '27 and Martin Dimitrov '30 were edged by Potts and Suresh in a tiebreaker, 8-7 (11-9). The fourth-seeded doubles team of Lleyton Mendieta '28 and Mohammed Zahaan Siddiqui '30 dropped an 8-4 decision against Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's Tsubasa Okada and Gustave Viennet – yet another pairing seeded fifth to eighth in the draw.
 
Mendieta posted a 6-4, 6-4 victory against Union College's Jesus Alberto in the third round of the singles draw. Mendieta is one of the fifth to eighth seeds in the main draw. He plays in the quarterfinals on Sunday at 9 a.m.
 
Stuart Konezny '30 is also through to the quarterfinals after a win in straight sets in the third round against St. Lawrence University's Joshua David by scores of 6-1 and 6-4. Konezny is one of the ninth to 16th seeds in the singles draw. His quarterfinal match is set for Sunday at 9 a.m. as well.
 
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Players Mentioned

Alexei Katelevsky

Alexei Katelevsky

Sophomore
Lleyton Mendieta

Lleyton Mendieta

Junior
Filip Moller

Filip Moller

Sophomore
Charlie Sternberg

Charlie Sternberg

Senior
Martin Dimitrov

Martin Dimitrov

Freshman
Stuart Konezny

Stuart Konezny

Freshman
Mohammed Zahaan Siddiqui

Mohammed Zahaan Siddiqui

Freshman

Players Mentioned

Alexei Katelevsky

Alexei Katelevsky

Sophomore
Lleyton Mendieta

Lleyton Mendieta

Junior
Filip Moller

Filip Moller

Sophomore
Charlie Sternberg

Charlie Sternberg

Senior
Martin Dimitrov

Martin Dimitrov

Freshman
Stuart Konezny

Stuart Konezny

Freshman
Mohammed Zahaan Siddiqui

Mohammed Zahaan Siddiqui

Freshman

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